>>2787867>>2787869>30km, should be decently possible,Wut?
In my experience you're lucky to get a couple of miles in a city or the suburbs. Less than a mile if it's a heavily built up area.
>>2787867The range you'll get on something like a Baofeng is very dependent on your terrain and what obstructions are in your way.
If you're both up on the roof of a couple of tower blocks with nothing else in the way then you could do 30km (or well over that), easy. If she's in a concrete emergency shelter then you could be in the building next door and probably not pick up shit. If you've got a repeater station in your area then you both just need to have line of sight to that.
They're still definitely worth buying though. Even the sub-1 mile range you'd get in a heavily built up area is a massive advantage over the option of 'shout loudly and wave your arms'. Being able to communicate from, say, your car parked on the street outside is a lot better than having to search through every individual room of the building. If you get to your pre-planned rendezvous point and find it's collapsed or flooded or otherwise innaccessible, then you'll be able to assume you're both standing around pretty close in roughly the same area but a pair of radios would make finding one another much easier.
My wife and I have a Baofeng in each of our cars, another at home and another at my mom's place for this sort of scenario. And also coordinating the RWDS when the Day of the Rope rolls around, of course.
>>2787893>a good and well rounded first aid kit would be better in securing your loved ones safety then a radioA baofeng costs, what, $30? That shouldn't stop you from also affording a good first aid kit
